[vtk-developers] VTK on Mac OS X: Carbon vs Cocoa, change of default

David Cole david.cole at kitware.com
Thu Oct 25 11:19:56 EDT 2007


Clint,

Would you mind adding appropriate code to ParaView3/CMakeLists.txt to
force VTK_USE_CARBON to default to "ON" for ParaView in preparation
for Sean's change?

Thanks,
David Cole

On 10/25/07, Clinton Stimpson <clinton at elemtech.com> wrote:
>
> Qt doesn't work with Cocoa.
> So, ParaView will have to make sure VTK_USE_CARBON is on.
>
> Clint
>
> David Cole wrote:
> > Unless somebody responds raising an objection in the very near future
> > (like today or tomorrow), I'd say this is a reasonable change to make
> > in CVS HEAD of VTK.
> >
> > Sean, you may also want to send mail to the ParaView and ITK
> > developers lists just to notify them. ParaView is arguably VTK's "most
> > visible" client and it may need to set VTK_USE_CARBON explicitly in
> > its CMakeLists.txt file after your change.
> >
> > Does Qt integration with VTK on the Mac require VTK_USE_CARBON...? Or
> > can you use Qt with either vtkRenderWindow...?
> >
> > Unless somebody objects, go for it, Sean.
> >
> > Thanks,
> > David
> >
> >
> > On 10/19/07, *Sean McBride* <sean at rogue-research.com
> > <mailto:sean at rogue-research.com>> wrote:
> >
> >     Hi all,
> >
> >     VTK has the VTK_USE_CARBON and VTK_USE_COCOA choices.  The default is
> >     Carbon.  Having both is great.  However, I'd like to propose that the
> >     default be changed to Cocoa.  Why?  Because it is well known that
> >     in Mac
> >     OS X 10.5 Cocoa will be available to 64 bit processes while Carbon
> >     will
> >     not.  In other words, Carbon has no long term future :(, and IMNSHO
> >     should be discouraged as a default.
> >
> >     See:
> >     < http://www.carbondev.com/site/?page=64-bit+Carbon>
> >
> >     Any thoughts/objections?
> >
> >     --
> >     ____________________________________________________________
> >     Sean McBride, B. Eng                 sean at rogue-research.com
> >     <mailto:sean at rogue-research.com>
> >     Rogue Research                        www.rogue-research.com
> >     <http://www.rogue-research.com>
> >     Mac Software Developer              Montréal, Québec, Canada
> >
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